General psychology

General psychology

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Closure

Psychology; General psychology

A perceptual organising process that leads individuals to see incomplete figures as complete.

A peripheral-feedback theory of emotion stating that an eliciting stimulus triggers a behavioural response that sends different sensory and motor feedback to the brain and creates the feeling of a ...

Biopsychosocial model

Psychology; General psychology

A model of health and illness that suggests that links among the nervous system, the immune system, behavioural styles, cognitive processing, and environmental factors can put people at risk for ...

Apparent motion

Psychology; General psychology

A movement illusion in which one or more stationary lights going on and off in succession are perceived as a single moving light; the simplest form of apparent motion is the phi phenomenon.

Major depressive disorder

Psychology; General psychology

A mood disorder characterised by intense feelings of depression over an extended time, without the manic high phase of bipolar depression.

Frame

Psychology; General psychology

A particular description of a choice; the perspective from which a choice is described or framed affects how a decision is made and which option is ultimately exercised.